Undercurrents : queer culture and postcolonial Hong Kong / Helen Hok-Sze Leung.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Leung, Helen Hok-Sze, 1967-

Series:

Sexuality studies series.

Sexuality studies series, 1706-9947

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality and art--China--Hong Kong--History.

Homosexuality and art.

Homosexuality and motion pictures--China--Hong Kong--History.

Homosexuality and motion pictures.

Gay people in popular culture--China--Hong Kong--History.

Gay people in popular culture.

Homosexuality--Social aspects--China--Hong Kong--History.

Homosexuality.

Hong Kong (China)--History--Transfer of Sovereignty from Great Britain, 1997.

Hong Kong (China).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiii, 149 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Vancouver : UBC Press, c2008.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Undercurrents engages the critical rubric of "queer" to examine Hong Kong's screen and media culture during the transitional and immediate postcolonial period. Helen Hok-Sze Leung draws on theoretical insights from a range of disciplines to reveal parallels between the crisis and uncertainty of the territory's postcolonial transition and the queer aspects of its cultural productions. Leung explores Hong Kong cultural productions -- cinema, fiction, popular music and subcultural projects -- and argues that while there is no overt consolidation of gay and lesbian identities in Hong Kong culture, undercurrents of diverse and complex expressions of gender and sexual variance are widely in evidence. Undercurrents uncovers a queer media culture that has been largely overlooked by critics in the West, and demonstrates the cultural vitality of Hong Kong amidst political transition. It will appeal to scholars and general readers interested in Asian studies, film and cultural studies, and sexuality and gender studies. Helen Hok-Sze Leung is an assistant professor in women's studies at Simon Fraser University.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Illustrations

Preface

Acknowledgments

Note on Romanization

Introduction

Sex and the Postcolonial City

Between Girls

Trans Formations

In Queer Memory

Do It Yourself

Notes

Glossary

Bibliography

Filmography

Discography

Index

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references (p. [135]-143), filmography, discography and index.

ISBN:

1-282-45732-2

9786612457326

0-7748-5611-4

OCLC:

747432509